Bluster

['blʌstə] or ['blʌstɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a violent gusty wind.

(noun.) noisy confusion and turbulence; 'he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations'.

(verb.) blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; 'A southeaster blustered onshore'; 'The flames blustered'.

編輯:梅布尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

(v. i.) To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.

(v. t.) To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.

(n.) Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.

(n.) Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.

伯特兰校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Roar (as the wind), make a loud noise.[2]. Vapor, swagger, bully, BOAST, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade, play the bully.[3]. Make a great ado, make much ado about nothing.

n. [1]. Boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence.[2]. Boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, BLATHERSKITE.[3]. Great ado, much ado about nothing.

編輯:兰尼

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag

ANT:[See BRAG]

桃瑞丝整理

解釋/意思:

v.i. to make a noise like a blast of wind: to bully or swagger.—n. a blast or roaring as of the wind: bullying or boasting language: a storm of anger.—n. Blus′tering a noisy blowing as of a blast: swaggering: noisy pretension.—adj. stormy: tumultuous: boastful.—adv. Blus′teringly.—adjs. Blus′terous (Shak.) noisy: boastful; Blus′tery stormy: (Carlyle) swaggering.

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